Introduction to Hydrodynamic Stability
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780521804271
Subjects: Fluid mechanics; Physics; Analytic Mechanics (Mathematical Aspects); Hydrodynamics; Mathematics; Science; Waves & Wave Mechanics; Science/Mathematics; Stability; Applied; Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics; Advanced; Mechanics - General
First sentence: In this chapter the text begins with an informal introduction to the concept of stability and the nature of instability of a particular flow as a prototype - the flow along a pipe.